Deborah G. Steele
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enPlenty to see at annual Augusta Garden Showhttp://newstimes.augusta.com/news/2013-02-10/plenty-to-see-at-annual-augusta-garden-show
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</p><p>Area gardeners, outdoor enthusiasts and do-it-yourselfers won’t want to miss the Augusta Home and Garden Show on Feb. 22-24 at James Brown Arena.</p>
<p>Many homeowners will use the eighth annual event to begin planning for their spring and summer landscaping, gardening and home-improvement projects. </p>
<p>“If you’re not a gardener, you are at least concerned about your lawn,” said Valerie Martin, Richmond County Extension and 4-H secretary. “It’s a great time for home-owners to ask questions and get some answers from area master gardeners.”</p>
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Twitter @ColumbiaCounty14732 at http://newstimes.augusta.com'Bring One for the Chipper' set for Jan. 5http://newstimes.augusta.com/news/2012-12-30/bring-one-for-the-chipper-set-for-jan-5
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</p><p>With Christmas over, many homes are starting to put away holiday decorations, including the Christmas tree. </p>
<p>People unsure of what to do with their live Christmas tree are encouraged to recycle it with the county’s annual Bring One for the Chipper program.</p>
<p>This year’s program will be held from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 5, at the Home Depot on Belair Road in Evans. Early dropoff is under way at Home Depot and the Columbia County Recycling Center’s William Few Parkway facility. </p>
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Twitter @ColumbiaCounty13967 at http://newstimes.augusta.comAnnual show will feature roseshttp://newstimes.augusta.com/news/2012-09-16/annual-show-will-feature-roses
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</p><p>Rose growers and enthusiasts are in for a treat when the Augusta Rose Society holds its 70th annual rose show this month.</p>
<p>The free show, which takes place Sept. 29 and 30 at Augusta Mall, features hundreds of entries in a variety of classes.</p>
<p>“The American Rose Society identifies three main groups of roses and 36 classifications of roses within these groups,” said Jane Burckhalter, president of the 75-member Augusta Rose Society. “While we may not have all classifications represented, we have a large majority.”</p>
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Twitter @ColumbiaCounty12370 at http://newstimes.augusta.comUGA student from Evans receives gardening scholarshiphttp://newstimes.augusta.com/news/2012-08-19/uga-student-from-evans-receives-gardening-scholarship
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</p><p>Evans resident David Gianino doesn’t take his scholarship from the National Gardening Association lightly.</p>
<p>“To me, a home-schooled student my whole life, to receive a scholarship is much more than just, ‘Oh, here’s some money, kid,’” said Gianino, a University of Georgia horticulture student. </p>
<p>“It’s an organization’s investment that I, as the recipient, am trusted with honoring the organization by using that funding to prepare myself to better other people with the knowledge that I will attain in school.”</p>
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Twitter @ColumbiaCounty11963 at http://newstimes.augusta.com'Seussical' comes to Greenbrier Highhttp://newstimes.augusta.com/news/2012-08-15/seussical-comes-to-greenbrier-high
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</p><p>The stories of Dr. Seuss will be hit the stage during the Augusta Junior Players production of <em>Seussical</em> this weekend.</p>
<p>The performances will take place at Greenbrier High School at 7:30 p.m. Friday and 3:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Saturday. </p>
<p>Richard Justice and Rebecca Brune are the directors of the play and Brandon Brune is the musical director. </p>
<p>“We are thrilled to be opening our 2012-13 Junior Players season with <em>Seussical,</em>” said Brune, the artistic director of The Augusta Junior Players. </p>
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Twitter @ColumbiaCounty11908 at http://newstimes.augusta.comMistletoe gets by with help from Friendshttp://newstimes.augusta.com/news/2012-08-12/mistletoe-gets-by-with-help-from-friends
<p>It’s good to have friends and even better when those friends raise awareness about something bigger than themselves. </p>
<p>That’s what the Friends of Mistletoe State Park has been doing since 2008, when the chapter was chartered under the Friends of Georgia State Parks and Historic Sites. </p>
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Twitter @ColumbiaCounty11867 at http://newstimes.augusta.comBee infestations need professional helphttp://newstimes.augusta.com/news/2012-07-29/bee-infestations-need-professional-help
<p>Known for their sweet reward, honeybees can often present a sticky problem.</p>
<p>Take, for instance, the recent honeybee infestation at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in downtown Augusta. A swarm of as many as 50,000 honey bees had made a hive near the church’s roof. It took master beekeeper Bill Owens the better part of a morning to remove them.</p>
<p>“He is just a cool guy and made it look so easy,” said Deborah Sasser, a local beekeeper and the owner of Sasserfrass Hill Bee Farm in Augusta. “He had a 40-foot ladder and had to extend it to full length to reach the hive.”</p>
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Twitter @ColumbiaCounty11674 at http://newstimes.augusta.comSummer is the time to prune hydrangeashttp://newstimes.augusta.com/news/2012-06-24/summer-is-the-time-to-prune-hydrangeas
<p>Now is the optimal time to prune blooming hydrangea bushes. A few blooms may be lost in the process, but doing so now will aid in producing a healthy plant for next summer.</p>
<p>Walter Reeves, also known as The Georgia Gardener, writes that removing all stems that support the faded flowers on the blue and pink hydrangeas and shortening droopy, flowerless stems by one-third will help spur new growth on next summer’s blooms.</p>
<p>“The recent summer rains filled the leaves and roots of my hydrangeas with water, making them strong,” Reeves wrote on his Web site. </p>
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Twitter @ColumbiaCountyBiologyBotanyContact DetailsFlowersgardenerHydrangeaHydrangea macrophyllaHydrangea serrataPruningTechnologyTechnologyWalter Reeves (The Georgia Gardener)Sun, 24 Jun 2012 04:01:55 +0000Deborah G. Steele
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Twitter @ColumbiaCounty11171 at http://newstimes.augusta.comJunior Rangers eager for adventurehttp://newstimes.augusta.com/news/2012-06-10/junior-rangers-eager-for-adventure
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</p><p>Gracie Lovell’s older brother so enamored her with stories after he returned from a Junior Ranger program at Mistletoe State Park that she enthusiastically asked to sign up. </p>
<p>Now gearing up for her third Junior Ranger program, Gracie and brother Ethan want to share their excitement with others.</p>
<p>“The first thing I liked was when we went on a nature walk,” said 7-year-old Gracie. “I also liked the canoeing.”</p>
<p>About to take part in his sixth program, Ethan, 9, prefers the outdoor activities. </p>
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Twitter @ColumbiaCounty11002 at http://newstimes.augusta.comFormer UGA football coach Vince Dooley to speak at hydrangea conference in Evanshttp://newstimes.augusta.com/news/2012-05-20/former-uga-football-coach-vince-dooley-to-speak-at-hydrangea-conference-in-evans
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</p><p>Former University of Georgia football coach Vince Dooley will be the featured speaker at the Central Savannah River Area Hydrangea Society’s 2012 Hydrangea Conference next month.</p>
<p>Author of <em>Digging in the Dirt with the Dawg,</em> Dooley will give the keynote address at the June 7 event, to be held at Savannah Rapids Pavilion in Evans.</p>
<p>“I managed to sweet talk Coach Dooley into speaking,” said Sharyn Altman, former Georgia Council of Garden Clubs president and conference chairperson. </p>
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Twitter @ColumbiaCounty10724 at http://newstimes.augusta.comAnnual festival celebrates gardenshttp://newstimes.augusta.com/news/2012-04-15/annual-festival-celebrates-gardens
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</p><p>An annual rite of spring is the Sacred Heart Garden Festival, when hundreds of guests flock to the Sacred Heart Cultural Center in downtown Augusta to celebrate the growing season while helping to raise much-needed funds for the center. </p>
<p>This year’s festival will start April 27, with a preview garden tea on April 22 at 5 p.m. A garden preview party will be held on April 26 at 7 p.m.</p>
<p>The garden tea will be held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. Daniel Blanton in Appling. Tickets for the event are $100.</p>
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